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Reports on Education Miniter Robin Squire's refusal to answer questions on the possible misuse of public funds by grant-maintained schools. Criticism from the House of Commons; Comments of Cecil Knight; National Audit Office (NAO); Financial management of schools; Repayment of public funds under the Education Reform Act; Standing Advisory Committee of Grant-Maintained Schools; Common Funding Formula.

Discusses the plan of the British government to streamline the recoupment arrangement for students enrolled in schools outside their districts. Unconstitutionality; Council of Local Education Authorities; Direct payment to schools; Administrative savings.

Reports on the refusal of some grant-maintained schools in Great Britain to integrate blind students into the student body unless additional funding is given. Royal National Institute for the Blind; Special needs campaigning; Joseph Clarke School; Higham's Park secondary.

The author provides his view that while the government of Great Britain has set targets for the number of school nurses that would cover every English secondary school and its neighboring primaries, the Department of Health has not provided the necessary means of achieving the targets. The author reviews the increased responsibilities of school nurses and concludes that unless sanctions accompany noncompliance, the targets will not be met and children will be put at risk.